Shane Black basically never strikes out. That's not to say he hits a homer every time...this movie is not Lethal Weapon (truly classic) or Nice Guys (his best IMHO), but it is still endlessly entertaining. It strains credulity and it tries too hard and it is a little too cute, but this movie exemplifies a bunch of storytelling strategies that have been overdone for a reason in the couple decades since. The narrator is simultaneously unreliable and hilarious. The script is knowing/meta enough without going too far over the top. The relationships feel almost silly, but also never stop feeling familiar. Movies like Deadpool don't exist without Shane Black, who knows that stories with heart and stories with excess/pulp can be one and the same.
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